William wallace thompson



(No Model.)

W. W. THOMPSON.

CHECK REIN ATTACHMENT. No. 320,724. Patented June 23,1885.

iINITED STATES PATENT OFFICE-Q WILLIAM VALLAOE THOMPSON, OF ORIENT, NEW YORK.

CHECK-REIN ATTACHMENT.

.BPEGIFICATEQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,724, dated June 23, 1885.

Application filed April 23, 1885. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM WALLAoE THOMPSON, of the village of Orient, town of Southold, in the county of Suffolk and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Check-Rein Attachments to be used upon Harnesses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, refe1= ence being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of the specification.

Figures 1 and 2 are views, taken at right angles to each other, of a device embodying my invention.

My improvement consists of a piece of leather strap or other material, a, which is doubled and fastened upon itself, being re-enforced at each end by the copper or other rivets b 1). Through theleather and just upon the inside of theserivets are made the holes 0'0. Through 0 is passed the check-rein d, while in c is inserted the saddle-hook 6.

Even the very heavy and expensive leather In combination with a check-rein, the strap 3 a, provided with the holes a 0", doubled upon itself, and folded over the rivets I), and said rivets, substantially as shown.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set set my hand this 26th day of March, 1885.

WILLIAM WALLACE THOMPSON.

Witnesses:

G. TABOR THoMPsoN, J OHN B. YOUNG. 

